CBC News managing editor Brodie Fenlon's post below includes a link to Pledge to Vote, where you can show people that you will cast a ballot and why. If you haven't decided who to vote for, try Vote Compass, to see where you stand on the major issues.

Although many look at opinion polls to forecast what candidate will likely win on Oct. 19, the ability of the parties to get their supporters out come election day could well be the deciding factor in a tight race.

Using Biguzs's logic, federal scientists who decide the public should know about a scientific finding about the quality of the air we breathe or water we drink are unethical underminers of democracy, too, unless they seek permission to speak, which is rather difficult to obtain nowadays in Ottawa.

Canadian democracy has, we are told, been maliciously undermined at Citizenship and Immigration because someone there apparently had the gall to tell a journalist about the Prime Minister's Office overriding the professionals in the department.

I voted in my west-end Toronto riding at a small recreation centre, where smiling, helpful volunteers carefully checked my ID, handed me a pencil they almost certainly stole from a golf course and then presented me with my ballot which had, wait for it … seven choices of candidates. Seven?

In my west-end Toronto riding, smiling volunteers carefully checked my ID, handed me a pencil and presented me with a ballot that had, wait for it … seven choices of candidates. Seven? Where did all these "other" candidates come from?

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is campaigning in a riding this morning that was the site of a huge victory for him in 2011.

He’s holding an event in Bernard Trottier’s riding in Etobicoke, where he defeated Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff four years ago.

The win here signalled the end of Toronto as a Liberal fortress. Conservative Ted Opitz won the neighbouring riding by just a few dozen votes however, and it's not clear what might happen on election day.

Harper is expected to focus today almost entirely on the Liberals, with an emphasis on small businesses.

"His tax hikes will hurt Canadian small business owners, cause job losses, and result in business closures,” Harper said in a news release.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in the greater Toronto area today as well, as is NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.CBC Newsat 10:17 AM